Rocky Mountain and Fossil Ridge are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Rocky Mountain Lobos will be playing at home against the Fossil Ridge SaberCats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Rocky Mountain is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Brighton on Friday. Rocky Mountain took a 12-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Brighton. Having soared to a lofty 43 points in the game before, the Lobos couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Fossil Ridge on Friday. They put the hurt on Legacy with a sharp 34-10 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the SaberCats.
Fossil Ridge's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Marcus Mozer, who picked up 168 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Mozer was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 58 yards. Nick Kubat was another key signal caller, throwing for 271 yards and four touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fossil Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 204 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Fossil Ridge wouldn't let Legacy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Fossil Ridge can thank Mason Griffin and Noah Beck for forcing both of them.
Rocky Mountain has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-3 record this season. As for Fossil Ridge, the victory also got them back to even at 3-3.
Things could have been worse for Rocky Mountain, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 24-7 loss to Fossil Ridge in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mozer, who picked up 100 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Rocky Mountain knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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